The Business Record's Power Breakfast on the Cultivation Corridor on Feb. 25 brought together four development heavyweights who are fully versed in collaboration, working on a regional scale and promoting an area.

The Business Record's Power Breakfast on the Cultivation Corridor on Wednesday brought together four development heavyweights who are fully versed in collaboration, working on a regional scale and promoting an area.

The major private partners in the proposed $101 million Iowa Events Center hotel in downtown Des Moines have placed their money in the project under a federal program that provides permanent visas or green cards for foreign nationals who invest in commercial enterprises.

After supporting $1 million in state tax credits for the renovation of the former Register and Tribune building earlier this month, the Des Moines City Council was set today to consider applications for another $10.8 million in credits for $175 million in housing projects that would create 842 apartment units in the city.

But don’t look for the economy to lift off like a rocket. Instead, expect solid growth in the United States, especially if the economies of China, Greece and a few other key spots weather some trouble.